4. [Delete existing text.] Bishops, district superintendents, conference staff, and other leaders shall become familiar, through training, with the benefits of cooperative ministries, especially cooperative parish ministries. They shall provide leadership and training opportunities for pastors and local church leaders as to the value of cooperative ministries in moving toward excellence in nurture, outreach, and witness ministries. They are to explore and develop strategies in the formation of cooperative ministries to provide meaningful ministries to persons in congregations, communities, and the global community.
5. Cabinets shall be urged to give priority in the appointment
process to appointing directors and clergy staff of cooperative
parishes ministries, especially cooperative parish
ministries, who have been trained in cooperative ministry concepts and
who have demonstrated effective ministries of nurture, outreach, and
witness. and to development and implementation of
The cabinet shall develop and implement strategies designed to enable
and equip pastors presently appointed to cooperative parish
ministries to provide effective...
6. Annual conferences and cabinets are urged to assist in the development and strengthening of cooperative ministries by pursuing funding assistance from general church, annual conference, and other sources for each cooperative ministry, including cooperative parish ministries.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 22436-LC-206-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference